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Bobolink
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Songbirds & other perching birds

Bobolink

Dolichonyx oryzivorus (Linnaeus, 1758)

NT Near Threatened

Names

EnglishBobolink
DutchBobolink
SpanishTordo arrocero
Chinese刺歌雀
Scientific nameDolichonyx oryzivorus (Linnaeus, 1758)

About this species

The bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus) is a small New World blackbird and the only member of the genus Dolichonyx. An old name for this species is the "rice bird", from its tendency to feed on cultivated grains during winter and migration. The bobolink breeds in the summer in the United States and Canada, with most of the summer range in the northern U.S. Bobolinks winter in southern South America, primarily Paraguay, Argentina, and Bolivia. Bobolink numbers are rapidly declining due to factors such as agricultural intensification and habitat loss; they are considered threatened in Canada, and are at risk throughout their range.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderPasseriformes
FamilyIcteridae
GenusDolichonyx

In Suriname

6Records in Suriname
1914First record
2022Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Sipaliwini4
  • Paramaribo1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

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